GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |